EMPIRE: The Rise of A Queen

Chapter 13

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KENDRA

Dear diary 

I know it’s been a while since I wrote anything but I’ve been busy with work and life. I know it’s a sucky excuse but it’s what I got for you. Life took a bad turn today. I thought that my life was finally becoming calm and normal? However a life filled with magic and family secrets could be normal but still. Me and dad worked everything out and he even met Marcel and approved. I was thriving with the coven and finally it felt like everything was falling into place. Then I forgot a date with Marcel and now he won’t even take my calls. If that was the worst of it I could work with it but it’s far from it.

I kissed Nick.. Why did I do that? And liked it? I’m too confused to even think about him right now, but I can’t help it. Not that it matters, it was a spur of the moment thing and I was upset. That’s it. I love Marcel. I know I do.

GOD this whole Nick thing has me out of balance..

I felt the tears fall down my face when I once again got ignored by Marcel on the phone. I messed up and I know it. If he wasn’t gonna take my calls and listen to me, I had to make him listen. Getting up from the couch. I grab my keys from the bowl by the door and head out. It took me about fifteen minutes to drive to Marcel’s place, I made a horrible parking on the street outside his apartment before walking inside the house and over to his door and ringing the bell. I was impatient and tapped my foot on the floor. The door opened and I lost the ability to speak for a moment. He was about to slam the door in my face but I stopped it from closing with my magic.

”Kendra, I don’t wanna hear whatever lame excuse you have to tell me.”

”Just listen to me Marcel” My tone of voice must have been convincing as he turned towards me and listened without saying anything. ”I know I made a mistake, but I know that I did. But the coven is my only link that I have to my mother and it helps me to understand why she kept it from me. But I don’t want to wake up next to them in the morning. The only person I want next to me is you Marcel.”

”That is nice and everything Kendra but I just don't feel that I’m a priori..”

”I love you!”

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NICK

I could say that I knew that something was off with Marcel but to be honest, it was just wishes on my side. I hadn’t met him and that was something that my parents always told me. It doesn’t matter what people say about others, don’t judge them until you’ve met them yourself and even then don’t.. you never know what made people the way they are. But this felt like a good reason for an exception. I knew after our kiss that going to Kendra would only make things worse so I went for the only person I would think of to handle this.

I knocked on the apartment door, I could hear the footsteps on the other side before a chain coming off and the door opened.

"Nick? What are you doing here?" she opened the door further to let me inside. 

"It's about Kendra." I was pacing again.

"Of course it is. Are gonna tell me that you like her already?" she smirked, making me shake my head with a small smile. So my feelings for Kendra was obvious to everyone but the person in question. 

"That has nothing to do with this Maya. It's Marcel." she made a face at the sound of his name.

"What about him?" her tone said disgust or something like that. 

"He's not who he says he is."

"Why am I not really that surprised? Who is he?" 

"Look, Edward found him in some family 'enemies' book. That's him right?" I asked once I reached the correct page in the book.

"Yes that's him. I know something about him was weird when I met him. So who is he?" 

"Son of Blake.. You know the black magic warlock that.. Uhm.. Killed my aunt." I had only heard his name when I was younger but I never forgot it.

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KENDRA

When I got back to my house a few hours later I had the biggest smile on my face. I could still feel his lips on my neck and the feel of him teasing me for 'being bad' before he entered me. I was truly hopelessly in love with him. I was playing our moment in my head as I took a shower. I hadn't planned on going home but Wales had called him into the office for a last minute meeting before court. I had barely gotten dressed in my sweats when my doorbell rings.

"Coming." I yelled as I pulled on a shirt and ran down the stairs. I was sort of confused when I opened the door to find Maya there. "Maya, what are you doing here?" she didn't answer until she had pushed her way through the door, into my house.

"Marcel is lying to you."

"What? Maya what are you talking about?" 

"He's not who he says he is." 

"I know you have some sort of problem with him but this is low. Even for you." I hadn't meant to sound so harsh but I was on a high and she just threw a bomb at me to knock me down from it.

"I'm serious Kendra. Edward found his picture in one of his family books. He's from a black magic coven. He's playing you!" 

"No, stop it. It's not true. He must have been mistaken. I can't even.. Just leave Maya." she went to protest but the look I was giving her made her surrender and walked back out the front door.

What was happening with my life? Just when I think that everything would be okay, almost perfect something comes and cuts me off by the ankle. It wasn't true though? We had done magic together that night that he came with dinner to the office and it felt good. Nothing bad or dark rushed through me. He can't be.. But if he was that doesn't mean that he still is? Right?